The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century (57 page)

games, outdoor. See archery; bowls; hunting; jousts; wrestling

gangs. See crime

gaol delivery. See courts

gaolers,
224
–26

gaols,
21
,
85
,
216
,
221
,
223
,
226
,
231
,
237
–39

garden produce. See vegetables

gardeners,
161

gardens,
16
,
23
,
30
,
49
,
149
,
170
,
171
,
176
,
247
,
274
,
281

garderobes. See latrines

garlic. See vegetables

garters. See clothes

Gascony, 70,
71
,
81

Gaston Phoebus,
80

Gaveston, Piers,
19

Gawain and the Green Knight. See
books

Gawain
poet,
280
–83,
292

Gdansk. See Danzig

geese. See poultry

genetic selection,
37

Geneville, Geoffrey de,
39

Genoese ship,
137
,
138

gentry, gentlemen,
40
–41,
42
–43,
48
,
51
,
87
,
105
,
149
,
160
,
174
,
179
,
180
,
181
,
203
,
231
,
241
,
261
.
See also
esquires; manorial lords

geographical knowledge,
71
–73,
124
–25

geometry,
67

Germany, Germans,
44
,
71
,
258
. See
also

Hanseatic League; Holy Roman Empire

Ghent,
12
,
71

Gilbertines,
46

gilt-silver. See silver

girls,
38
,
53
,
56
,
58
,
62
,
64
,
65
,
67
,
68
,
101
,
112
,
262

gitterns. See musical instruments

Glamorgan,
229
,
308
glass,
93
,
141
,
148

Glastonbury, 297

Abbey,
47
,
203
,
269
,
296
global warming. See climate

Gloucester,
11
,
17
,
80
,
184
,
293

duke of. See

Thomas of Woodstock St. Peter’s Abbey,
296

Gloucestershire, 99

glovers,
232

gloves. See clothes

goats,
93
,
173

kids,
93
,
173
,
176

milk of,
207

skins of,
207

goblets,
149
gold,
20
,
75
, 96,
106
,
110
,
112
–13,
118
,
119
,
157
,
159
,
228
,
254
,
267
,
281
. See
also
clasps; cloth of gold

goldsmiths,
22
,
118
–19,
252
. See also jewelers

gongfermors,
8
,
162
,
180
,
197
,
209
.
See also
latrines

Goodrich Castle,
34

Gough Map,
123
,
126

government,
17
,
19
,
40
.
See also
Parliament

Gower, John,
277
–78,
287
,
292

Gracious Pond,
188

grain,
9
,
116
,
164
,
170
,
171
,
176
,
178
,
230

barley, 24,
27
,
93
,
170
,
174

bran,
170
,
172

maslin,
170
,
307

oats,
24
,
27
,
93
,
95
, 99,
164
,
170
,
171
,
173
–74,
228

rye,
93
,
154
,
163
,
168
,
170
,
307

wheat,
24
,
27
,
93
,
167
,
170
. See
also
bread

grammar,
67

Grandmontines,
46

granite. See stone

grapes. See fruit

grass,
167

grates,
150

Gravesend, Richard, 66

Gray, Thomas,
275

Great Famine.
See
famine

Great Plague.
See
diseases

Great Schism,
44

Great Yarmouth,
11

Greece,
179

Greek Orthodox,
72

greetings,
89
,
91
–92

Grey Friars.
See
Franciscans

greyhounds.
See
dogs

grooms,
101
,
159
,
160
,
162
,
180

guesthouses.
See
monasteries

guides,
125

Guildford,
223
,
253

guildhalls,
16
,
23
,
232
,
263
.
See also
London

guilds and guilds merchant,
87
,
88
,
94
,
99
–100,
298
–99

Guinevere, Queen,
269

guns.
See
cannon

haggis,
181

Hailes,
269

Hainault.
See
Low Countries

hair, haircuts, 67,
95
,
104
,
105
,
110
,
113
–14

ramshorn style,
113

removal of body hair,
118

washing,
199
–200,
211. See also
beards

Hall, John,
236

halls,
146
,
148–49
,
153
,
160
,
161
,
162
,
163
,
175
–76,
180
,
197
,
211
,
226
,
248
,
254
,
274
,
279
,
285

heating of,
146
,
148
,
153
,
156
,
161
,
163
,
164
,
211
,
285

halters,
131

hammocks,
141

Hampshire,
33
hanaps,
149

Hanekino the Fiddler,
248

Hangest, Jean de,
298

hanging.
See
executions; gallows

Hanseatic League,
71

harbors.
See
ports

Hardyng, John,
39

Harecourt, William,
149
,
151
–52,
260
–61

hares,
93
,
173
,
259
–60

recipe for cooking,
173

Harfleur,
140

harps.
See
musical instruments harrowing,
49

harvests, harvesting,
29
,
32
,
51
,
53
, 97,
100
,
117
,
167
,
169
,
171
–72,
209

Hastings,
273

Hatfield, Thomas,
45

hats.
See
clothes

Haverholm Abbey,
242

Hawley, john,
72
,
136

Haxey Hood Game,
64

hay 32,
92
,
93
,
146

haywain,
30

haywards,
24
,
51

headdresses.
See
clothes

hedgehog grease,
212

Hedon,
297

height,
37
,
288

helmets,
119
,
120
,
121
,
255
,
258
,
283

Henry III,
20
,
74
,
294

Henry IV,
3
,
22
,
39
,
58
,
71
,
72
,
77
,
80
,
81
,
97
,
98
,
110
,
133
,
174
,
183
,
197
,
249
,
264
,
265
,
288
,
295
–96,
298
,
302
,
304
,
307

as Henry of

Lancaster,
118
,
133
,
177
,
199
,
251
,
278
,
305
,
308

Henry the Baker,
224

Henry V 20,
209
,
307

hens.
See
chickens

Henwood,
202

heraldry.
See
arms, coats of

heralds,
248
–49,
275

herbology, 193

herbs,
141
,
146
,
163
,
167
,
171
,
173
–75,
181
,
185
,
197
,
213

borage,
185

camomile,
212

cinquefoil,
193

fennel,
185
,
200

garlic.
See
vegetables; hemlock 214

henbane,
214

hyssop,
185

parsley, 171–72,
185

sage,
171

herces,
150

Hereford,
11
,
213
,
229
,
308

Cathedral,
269

diocese of,
296

earls of.
See
Bohun family

Herefordshire,
34
,
203

heresy.
See
crime

heriots,
49
,
227

Herle, Robert,
120

Herle, William,
242

hermits,
43
,
47
,
54
,
266

herring.
See
fish

Hertford Castle,
155
,
211

Hewen, Sarah,
227

Hewen, Simon,
227

Hexham,
270

hides: pieces of,
166

tanned,
21
,
93
,
232

Higden, Ranulph,
276

High Peak, 243

highways,
124
,
126
–27,
159
,
222
,
242
,
245
.
See also
roads

Hippocrates,
194

hockey,
263

hocking,
63
,
67

hogshead.
See
units of measurement

Holland.
See
Low Countries

Holland, John,
62

Holy Land,
71
,
79

Holy Oil of St. Thomas,
77

Holy Roman Empire,
44
,
260

homosexuality, 244

honey,
133
,
174
–75,
212

honeysuckle gum,
212

Hoodman Blind,
261

hoods.
See
clothes

hops,
174

horseshoes,
93

horses and ponies,
93
, 97,
123
,
127
,
130
–35,
141
,
145
–16,
211
,
228
,
230
,
238
,
287

blind,
131

carthorses,
172

eating of,
168

flaying of,
22

hire of,
133

horse brushes,
132

medicine for. See veterinary care; messengers,
133

mules,
287

packhorses,
9
,
25
,
130
–32,
133

properties of a good horse,
131

riding sidesaddle,
132

status and horses,
131
,
145
–46,
153

sumpter horses,
131

value of,
131
–32

warhorses,
121
,
131
,
248
,
256
–57. See also stables

hospitality,
143
,
152

Hospitallers. See Knights Hospitaller

hospitals,
16
,
23
,
47
,
119
,
154
,
191
–92,
205
,
211

houses: rural,
29
–32,
35
,
163
–66

town,
12
–16,
18
,
19
,
23
,
24
,
148
–49,
156
,
161
,
221
. See also cottages; longhouses; manor houses

hue and cry, the,
219
,
222
–23,
228

hulks. See ships and boats

humor,
63
–65, 67,
214
,
254

humoral theory,
192
–94,
210
,
212

hundreds,
218
,
224
–26. See also courts